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Greek literature] - PHALARIS (Pseudo-) - Phalaridis Agrigentinorum tyranni epistolae. Ex mss. recensuit, versione, annotationibus, & vita insuper authoris donavit Car. Boyle. Oxford, J. Crooke at the Sheldonian Theatre, 1695, 8vo, cont. calf, gilt labelled spine, [20]-156-[8] pp. (paper age-toned, some marg. dampstaining). Good copy.
Rare ed. by Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676-1731) of the letters commonly ascribed to Phalaris, tyrant of Acragas (570-554 B.C.) “notorious for cruelty, especially for the hollow brazen bull in which his victims were confined and roasted alive (...) The letters bearing his name were written by a sophist, perhaps of the second century A.D. (proved by Bentley in 1697)” (OCD). Engr. front. Engr. mark on title. Name on title. Presentation inscriptions on front flyleaf. Old collector’s ticket George Itchener of Great-Badow . Ref. ESTC R7966. Hoffmann III:210. Wing P-1960. Joined : Iamblichus - De vita Pythagorica liber, Graece & Latine (...) notisque perpetuis illustratus a Ludolpho Kustero. Versionem Latinam (…) confecit (…) Ulricus Obrechtus. Accedit Malchus, sive Porphyrius, De vita Pythagorae (…). Amst., Wid. S. Petzold & Chr. Petzold, 1707, 4to, disbound, [12]-219, [17]-67-[1], 93-[7] pp. (dampstained, lower bottom corner of 1st ff. torn off touching front.). Ed. by L. Kuster (670-1716), with a Latin trsl. by U. Obrecht (1646-1701). Greek and Latin in parallel cols. Engr. front. Title in red & black. Ref. Hoffmann II:530. STCN (i.a. BL). - Theophrastus - Les caractères (...) d’après un manuscrit du Vatican (...). Traduction nouvelle, avec le texte grec (...) par [Adamantios] Coray. Paris, J.J. Fuchs, 1799, 8vo, mod. boards, [6]-lxxv-[1]-248 (of 344) pp. (inc.). Engr. front. Ref. Hoffmann III:723. - Xenophon - Kyrou paideias biblia okto = De Cyri institutione libri octo [ed. Thomas Hutchinson]. Glasgow, A. Duncan (etc.), 1814, 8vo, mottled sheep, [4]-566-[2] pp. Engr. front. map. Ref. Hoffmann III:781. (4 vol.)